What were your top 5 TV shows of 2006?
1. Heroes
2. The Office
3. The OC
4. Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
5. Lost
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?
Submitted by sami711.
I guess it's different for everyone, but for me, the simple process of getting our entire family to spend a few days together is the thing I love the most. I always go home and spend the night at the parents, along with my sisters (who are both in college), and we get up on Christmas morning and cook breakfast and just spend time together.
In a time where it's hard to get all five of us in the same place at the same time, that's something that I treasure.
I also love the old Christmas shows, like Rudolph and Frosty and the rest.
What is your pet peeve, the one thing which really drives you mad?
Submitted by Beki.
Complainers. I'm surrounded by a bevy of them these days, and it drives me crazy. I understand that certain situations are sometimes unavoidable, but I can't stand people who complain just for the sake of complaining. I get hounded by people all the time who complain about the Army, people who don't seem to understand that nobody forced them to enlist or join in the first place. I always point out this little fact along with the concept that they're actually drawing a paycheck for the stuff we do, but it seems to go over the heads of most.
They're in for a reality check when they get in the real world.
I know this is probably easy for a lot of you, but I'm looking for a way to run Windows programs on my MacBook without having to run BootCamp or install Windows. I think I've heard that Parallels can run Windows programs on OSX without having to actually install Windows, and I'd much rather go that route than be forced to install Windows and use that crappy operating system again.
Yes, I know...why would I need to run Windows programs, right? There's one app that I really need that doesn't have an OSX alternative; otherwise, I'd never even be entertaining the idea of installing Windows again.
Update: Never mind. I've read from various sources that the best way to run Windows on a Macbook is by installing BootCamp and dual-booting, so that's the route I'm going to go with this.
Anybody with a brain knew how the game was going to end.
Vince Young didn't have a spectacular day. He didn't throw for five touchdowns and he barely broke 200 yards passing for the game, but when it came down to the end and a play had to be made in order for his team to win the game, Vince made the play. He made those plays in high school at Madison, he made those plays in college, and anyone who thinks he's not goign to make those plays in the NFL is either retarded or has the last name McNair, Kubiak or Casserly.
Vince Young is an extraordinary quarterback, and he's a winner. When the game is on the line and the team needs someone to take them on his back and carry them to a win, Young will get it done every time. If it's not through the air, then it'll be on the ground, just like he did today.
I'm going to get a custom-made Texans jersey, with the number 10 and Young scrawled across the back. That's how it should have been for Texans fans, and instead we're going to watch Vince as he single-handedly destroys the Texans over the next ten years.
It's official: my time in the Army will be over January 2nd. I'll be moving home to Katy on the 3rd, with four years of Army life behind me and whole new set of experiences that I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.
It's hard to believe, but I've got less than three weeks left.
The new Chris Daughtry album sounds like Nickelback. That's not entirely a bad thing, because Chad Kroeger can sing and they do write some great hooks. The problem with Nickelback, historically, has been that they find something that ensures them a hit single and then they continue to beat that hook into the ground on later albums. For Daughtry to have any success, he's going to need to vary from that formula. His record sounds aimed directly at radio, which is a smart choice for him given his audience, but I'd like to see a little more expression than what's included here. Four years ago, this album would have been #1 for 30 weeks, but the tastes of American audiences have largely expanded since then.
Don't get me wrong -- there are some GREAT choruses here, and it's not a bad first attempt (especially for an American Idol winner), but I want to see more out of this guy on the next album. He's writing his own material, which is, at the very least, more than you can say about any other American Idol winner.
